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gument against himself. He had shewn by that, that in serving on land as well as at sea they were not in the slightest degree departing from the strict line of their He (Lord Palmerston) could not answer the H onourable G ent l eman ' s question as to the precise nature of the serv i ce i n which they are now engaged ; but he could safely relieve him from the apprehension that theydepend e d on the orders of General Evans, or Were of any other o ffi cer on f ore i gn serv i ce, as they John entirely an d exclusively under those of Lord Hay. The Ho n . G ent l eman h a d as k e d, was t hi s country at peace or was it at war ? That was a question 2 3 often asked and so often answered, that he (Lord Pal merston) mi g h t b e well excused from answering it once thimore, esp ec i a l ly as every Hon. Gentleman who knew any ng of th e su b ject possessed equal means as he did o f d o i ng 'co All nati Who were acqua i n t e d w ith th e pr i nc i p l es of inter national law should be aware that one State might aid ano ther, and yet not be at war with those who supported its onpaponent. England was an auxiliary in this quarrel, and Ho n prin c i pa l —therefore, she could not be at war. The Gentleman had asked the House what would be the condition of the country if other Governments had taken decided a course with respect to Don Carlos as had been taken by England with respect to the Queen. The question was easily answered. The country would be in precisely the same position as it stood now in. It was l o vell k nown that two Governments might each support an neithe r b e at war with the other ; but, on the contrary, in S state of profound peace. The Hon. Member had dwelt i m_tich on the atrocities of the war, and appeared willing to thel'Pute the blame of them to the present Government ; but Hon. Member should recollect that, in the first instance, y had been put an end to by the Elliot Convention, and i t • n h f at it was Don Carlos himself who revived them by his ;• a mous and detestable decree against the British auxilia ,'" in the service of the Queen of Spain. The Hon. deduced had rested much upon the arguments which he r ed uced from the interference of England with the affairs prGreece, as compared with her interference in the e se nt contest i n S pa i n, b ut h e h a d no cause to d o so, as no re was not an a t om o f par i ty i n t h e cases o f t h e two Guntries England had interfered more strongly for ,"ce .han it now did for Sp a i n , an d s h e h a d d one so uY after a long struggle of five years continuance. The "curable Gentleman had then observed on the general Order of Lieut.-General Evans, lately so much the topic of thatconversation. But it appeared to him (Lord Palmerston) It ' at in doing so the Hon. Gentleman had either not read or if he had, that he had not given it that attention which he ought to have done. The English Government were not . t• r esponsible for it—it was issued by Gen. Evans . ; and . aoerefore he (Lord Palmerston) did not consider himself !und to enter into formal defence of it. The acting al t m of the order was simply this—that no communication ar luld take place between the piquets of his army g„"s abY of tho se o f D on C ar l os ' s army w h o spo k e t h e a( fh languag e . Th e H onoura bl e G en tl eman h a d li v erted i n li ght terms to the affair at Fontarabia. p le (Lord P a l merston) would not d i scuss the merits ofthat movement ; but he would say that if all the Queen SPain's Generals had shown the same vigour, the same :conduct, and the same prudence as General Evans on that cele.ittn2 the success of Don Carlos would not seem so 14air as Hon. Members on the other side would wish to —e it. Having disposed of the Hon. and Learned turd eber's observations, he (Lord Palmerston) should next Ito those of the Hon. Member for Sandwich. That %f". Member bad said that it was an absurdity to support ree Constitution in Spain. Yet the very first observe- A i ! which f o ll owe d s h owe d t h e d es i ra bl eness of such a ( i s , g for that coun t ry , an d prove d t h at i ts e l ements ex ,td there in full force. The Hon. Member's inference O S that, because Spain was a degraded nation, it should C suffered to remain so. How far the British House of pp e n n utions would agree with him in that, remained to be graded He inferred that because a country was in a de trZd state it was unfit for Liberal institutions. The doe ir of the Hon. Member was a revolutionary one, because - a t aught oppressed and degraded nations that nothing but kitical convulsion cou ld f ree them from bondage. The f r ,„ ° „n• Member had adduced feudal attachment and religious t g as the causes of Carli sm i n S pa i n . S uc h m i g h t b e ' a ease in part ; but there w ere o th er causes , too, not l ess -er ative. One of them was the privilege of free trade, as 11Y termed it, or rather smuggling. That was a primary i tinci Ple of action with the Basque provinces in their resis itanceu to the Queen's Government. But the real question at rit s id e• after all, was, had the English Government done well mad e in keeping the terms of the Quadruple Treaty na tt i, e ,'/ith th e Q ueen o f S pa i n ? H e (L or d P a l merston ) sii,,, t "ulled th at i t had ; and he asserted that they had done land v a v h es a honourable, consistent with the int eres t s o f Eng that'th w ith sound policy. The Hon. Member had said Pal I nfluence of England had sunk since he (Lord affairs stun) had had the honour of directing it on foreign !'.t Was a delicate subject to grapple with, but he o •"t best met by referring to the strong declamation eeas l°nall the aff . Y made against portions of its policy in regard to usual of of Belgium, Portugal, and Spain. It was no io ~e,r Government without influence to be alluded to . E a e " style ; neither was it at till probable, that if theglaind stood in the unfortunate position represented by Of di ct ."• Memb er , she would be selected as an arbit ra t or er e ea p Imes bet ween o th e r P owers . I t was true t h at t h e bad use °I ban Carlos had not been put down so speedily as bi e!rt anticipat e d ; b u t h e h a d th e utmost con fid ence i n mitttn ate success of the Queen, und er th e i n fl uence o f th e Po san le overr u li ng mora l di spensat i on w hi c h ena bl ed Don ult r ill ro, altho ug h only holding the roc k of Oporto, to triumph A d at elY over injustice and usurpation.--(Cheers.) " miral ADAM sa i d t h at t h e con d uct o f General Evans Iv'a ' retiri ng from F on t ara bi a , w h en h e f oun d th e manner i n wi s i , a ell ,it was def en d e d, was suc h as became a prudent and sligh, k2 eneral, an d b e manage d t h a t retreat without the M h os , disaster. r• M ACLEAN said a few words in explanation. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. clef Ho use h aving gone into a Committee of Supply, tler r e sum of 7 3,9051. was proposed to be granted for the of the Miscllaneous Estimates. Vim grant was agreed to. g rall fle sum of 10,500/. was proposed for Corsican Emi- T i ll 's and American Loyalists. b]ih e Sum of 1,800/. was granted for the Vaccine Este ; °lent. 2 : 9 0 (1 00/. wrsgranted for the Refuge for the Destitute. 2,,,001' was voted for the Asylum of Criminal Lunatics. teps uoo/. in , havin g been moved for certain Dissenting Minis •b °noon and its vicinity, • 1 44 14 . -° °WRING objected, as a Dissenter, to the con -1344 'un of the grant ; it was contrary to the principles of er ow 2 t for their Ministers to receive any bounty from the A t. '", lie knew the Dissenters objected to it. tent 14 - PARING said this was a charity granted to indi rAtinisters of religion. kim s : RUME objected to, the grant. Several of these ch _ ',era Complained to hires_ last year that it was forced Pun th em kr Pla woul F. . YOUNG sa id t h at i n that case the b etter r h d be for them to refuse it. i:rne C HANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said as t o tl e i ef that th ey did not consider this grant any violence kirt_eir cons c i ence , w h en one of the trustees died the Corn and ee -called on Lord Melbourne to appoint a successor, 1 44 9 4 this occas i on h e ( the Chancellor of the Exchequer) sei e „ it ed Wheth er it was cons i dered a violence to their eon it a m e es, and they told him, so far from that, they considered h e at boon.—(Laughter.) di sh BAINES said. that wh en th ere was suc h a great th e gra y of st a t emen t i nqu i ry s h ou ld b e i nstituted before Mr was stopped. refuZ' rant P i OTTER said that he advised these Dissenters to W a a l the grant ; but he could not persuade them. He L 'a try , again.—(A laugh.) ae llt 9r n SANDON said it was not a principle of the Dis wase.rs to refuse support from the Government, or, if it b eer rt must hav e b een a v er y ne w one , f or t hi s grant had ec,rl re gi ven f or t h e l ast 1 50 years. ported SII3THORP and Colonel PERCEVAL sup /yip' Life grant. the * 4-lINDLEY said he would move for the names of Thrustees. havi n g v °te n of 80,000/. t o mee t th e Civil C on ti ngenc i es be TT e t, • ch H u ME pu would not object to that part of the sum qtob.. went to defray the expenses of our foreign Ministers. 9vitgssadors, Consuls, and Ministers cost the country t oo to 0 3 much in salaries and outfits. It was the practice d tiy e e a a nt,e our foreign functionaries from place to place, and I, sum for a new outfit on every occasion. sch,e PALMERSTON' said that this was an wide of ! I c harge, for the sums for outfits and the salaries were iie b. ,, 4 t very much reduced. The present salaries were wersufficient to support them. In the large embassies We.re not sufficient for the purposes ; therefore, if they oq, to pay for their outfits, the Government could get no t ° tI 314 m en of large fortunes to accept these places. As c 01er.,. barge of makin 1. 4 , Lon f ) , g frequent changes, he (Lord Pal ed would 1 say that he had been frequently at ' or not making more frequent changes. 4:,!lo vote was then agreed to. r esn,,_ remaining votes ere likewise agreed to, the House of 'ed. the other Ord w ers of the Day were then disposed e uad the House adjourned at Half-past One o'Clock. 4 1 ! kek T TI, IN THE REEFER." This new work of kret4,n) edited by the author of " Peter Simple," is a story of Aiks`'Power and originality. Like the productions of Captain tat it abounds in rich humour, fearless delineations of 1144344 in „ 1 , ns and infirmities of human nature, characters dra- Otw,,,V developed, and incid ents w hi ch, on account of their Afton novelty,no stimulate th e cur i osity, and fascinate the at tr. ennd .the r ea d er. The scene is partly on board a man-ef tier the c ommand of one of the most eccentric officers Airty SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The country is now witnessing in its fullest extent the mischiefs of Dog-day Legislation. In the Com mons, except upon great party questions, 40 Members cannot for any length of time be kept together ; while the Lords are exposed to the alternative of either throwing out measures of considerable moment and im portance, or of passing them in a crude, unsatisfactory, and unconsidered state. For this annual and growing evil two remedies present themselves, and have been frequently pointed out. The one, that Parliament should assemble before Christmas—the other, that more Bills should originate with the Lords than is now the case. As the practice now is, Ministers in that House, with the exception of the Lord Chancellor, re pose for the first four or five months of the Session upon a bed of roses ; and then, for the last, comes an accumulation of business so distractingly severe as only to be disposed of in a great measure, in the man ner just alluded to ;—all the while there are writers, and other persons in abundance, ready to throw the whole blame of this state of things upon the Lords, and to represent that House as wilfully opposed to the furtherance of important public business. Even the one sole measure which the country was promised should originate in the Lord s — we mean th e I m p r i sonmen t for Debt Bill, was postponed to so late a period-of the Session as to render it impossible that it should pass. For this we blame Ministers, but by no means the . particular Minister upon whom the 'onerous duty was so injudiciously thrown ; we mean the Lord Chan cellor, who was made the locum ienens of Lord Brougham upon the occasion. Why, the Attorney- General, who properly enough adopted it as his pe culiar duty in the first instance, should have handed it over to any one, seems unaccountable. Least of all is it intelligible why it should have been consigned to the Learned Lord, who, of all men in the Government, had his hands already too full, and whose peculiar pro fessional occupations had of necessity given him the least acquaintance with the subject ? It is quite ob vious that the Chief Justice of the King's Bench, though he probably has enough else to do, was much better qualified for the task. Be this as it may, that one subject has been of necessity, in common with many others, thrown overboard for the Session, and a great deal . of labour rendered useless, which, under a better arrangement, might have been turned to a more satisfactory account. We shall see whether an evil so great and undeniable, and of such constant occurrence, is to be remedied or not; or whether those whose duty it is to remedy it, continue to exhibit the same indif ference which has hitherto characterized their inatten- ion to it.—Morning Herald. The Ministerial scribes are endeavouring to get up a feeble cry against the Lords for having thrown out three Bills on Thursday night--The Stafford Dis franchisement Bill, the Charitable Trustees Bill, and the Roman Catholic Marriages Bill. A very few words will, we think, convince every reasonable mind, that the Lords were bound by their duty to the country to reject these measures. First, let us look at the Stafford Disfranchisement Bill. A more partial and contradictory Bill was never laid before Parliament : it was founded on no general prin ciple :it had but one side, and that was crooked. The professed object was to punish a certain class of voters for bribery. We will not now stop to point out the injustice of that plan of punishment which spares the most guilty, and falls upon many who are innocent ; we will for the moment suppose that all who were to lie punished deserved the penalty, but what shall we say of the ingenious meth o d by w hi c h t h e noble author of the Bill had contrived to neutralize and invalidate his own scheme of punishment ? The Noble Marquis is an Irishman, and certainly a more Hibernian process never issued froth the head of any native of Connaught. If his Lordship had pre viously cleared his understanding by a trip among the clouds, he surely could not have concocted a project so redolent of Galway turf. His Lordship charges a certain number of Stafford burgesses with gross bribery and corruption ; his proposed punishment is disquali fication ; but he disqualifies not merely the corrupt burgesses and freemen, but all the burgesses and free men—the innocent as well as the guilty. But now comes his antidotal provision, which gives the guilty, and probably the most guilty, the means of escape. He says, or seems to say,—" Ye free burgesses of Stafford, inasmuch as some of you are corrupt, and some are innocent, I hereby disqualify you all ; but inasmuch as some of you are 101. householders, and therefore more guilty than your poorer brethren if you were bribed, I will continue to give you the power of voting ; therefore from this moment your elective functions, qua freemen, cease, but qua householders continue." Could such a bill be allowed to pass ? It s absurdity and injustice were ably exposed by the Duke of Wellington, and by LordsWharneliffe andLyndhurst ; and in the House, as in the country, there could be but one verdict—" The Bill is bad, and must be rejected.' With regard to the Charitable Trusts Bill, we have al ready so sufficiently exposed the mischievous conse quences of that measure, that we feel it quite unneces sary to add another word on the subject. Many of our readers may be unable to afford time for the in vestigation of the merits of the case ; but none of them, we think, will fail to see, that if the measure be one of importance—as the Whig-Radicals allege it is—it ought not to have been delayed to the fag-end of the Session. The favourite mode of effecting Whig jobs is to keep back the measures by which they are to be compassed until the last week or two of the Session, to smuggle them through the Commons late at night, when there are not 40 Members pre sent, and send them up to the Lords, in the hope that under the false, or inappropriate, or uncommu nicative titles bestowed upon them, the measures may pass without their real nature and object being disco vered. The Lords have been once or twice deceived by this ruse, but they are more cautious now ; and if those who put Mr. Vernon Smith upon this job thought that the insignificance of the mover was calculated to lull suspicion, we beg to assure them - that the whole party is now so perfectly well understood, that nothing that comes from any of them, whether great or small, will be allowed to pass for innocent, any more than it will be supposed to be good, without unexceptionable evi dence and careful examination. Then there is the Roman Catholic Marriages Bill, which was rejected last year, and will, we trust, for the sake of all respectable families throughout the kingdom, be thrown out as often as it may be proposed in its present shape. The nuisance of Gretna-green is bad enough ' —disgraceful and discreditable to ,the country, and a source of perpetual fear arid annoyance to parents. This Roman Catholic Marriages Bill would establish a Gretna-green not only in Ireland as well as in Scot land, but in whatever part of England a Popish priest may be established. It ought, as we showed last year, to be called a bill to encourage clandestine mar riages. What the object of it may happen to be we will not pretend to guess, unless, indeed, it is to furnish the more destitute of certain Irish friends of Minis ters, who can't afford a journey to Gretna-green, with the means of getting good matches in England on the sly, by allowing marriages between Protestants and Papists to be performed without notice or publicity by a Popish priest. The nonchalance of sending up such a Bill to the House of' Lords, after the care that has been taken in the English Marriage Bill to provide against clandestine marriages, would be unparalleled, except that the whole-hoo. Swiss of the Ministerial Press have actually represented the throwing out of the measure as a grievance ! Let every decent man in the community understand, from this example, what dependence is to be placed upon such fellows, and . upon those who employ them ; not forgetting, at the s ame time, "to thank G od that there is a House of Lords."—Times. - MRS. GORE'S NEW .NOVEL.---" The execution of this new novel is excellent light, rapid, sparkling, and pointed, the combined result of natural wit, much observation of life, and considerable practice in writing' Specimens ear, scarcely convey an idea of its goodness. Mrs. Armytage' may, indeed, be recommended as a capital and very agreeable trifling,;he scheming, the respectable, un apicture e r o . f a n s odc.isectayn various x s c h i a l i d s e i v s : pretending,domestic Nobility ; the smaller Yorkshire 'Squires; and the family oddities which grow up in a provincial neigh bourhood. The characters, too, are exceedingly well drawn." —Spectator. The mansion and estates of. Ribston Park, the pro perty of the late Sir H. Goodricke, Bart., have recently been purchased of the present Baronet ,by Mr. James Brown, of klarehills-grove, near Leeds, for 180,0001. CHANCERY COURT-FRIDAY. BERNAL V. BERNAL. Mr. WAKEFIELD supported a petition in this case for a confirmation of the Master's report. By the will of a per son named Bernal, who died in 1696, his property was di rected to be distributed from time to time among certain members of the Royal Family ; and, under the authority of the Court, it had been so distributed up to a recent period, when it was conceived that by the terms of the will the distribution was limited to a certain class of relatives now represented by two individuals, instead of being di vided among a number of claimants. After several preli minary proceedings, the 'Ratter was brought before the Lords Commissioners, who directed an inquiry to ascertain whether the testator at the time of his death was domiciled in Amsterdam or in London. The Master had now found that according to the statement of facts laid before him, the testator died in Amsterdam, and was buried at Am sterdam, and was domiciled there at the time of his death ; the fact of the burial being, as the Learned Counsel con tended, conclUsive on the subject, and there being no evi dence that the testator ever was in England. Sir W. HORNE called his Lordship's attention to the fact that the Master had not in reality reported on anything which was not contained in the will itself. Mr. WAKEFIELD declined to take the argument on the will without the report. The LORD CHANCELLOR, under these circumstances, di rected the matter to be referred back to the Master. In consequence of several applications being made to the Court for directions to the Masters to add together the amount of separate bills of costs in the same cause, and for orders to the Accountant-General to add them together, when the Masters declined that duty. The LORD CHANCELLOR should, in order to avoid future applications, take an opportunity to speak to the Masters on the subject. VICE-CHANCERY-FRIDAY. LINDSAY V. THE EARL OF BALCARRAS. Mr. KNIGHT ;made a motion on the part of the plaintiff, the Hon. Edwin Lyndsay, brother to the defendant, the Earl of Balcarras, for the production of some documents, and for payment to the plaintiff of the dividends of a sum of 4,0001. stock, which the defendant had paid into Court to answer an annuity of 1501., to which the plaintiff was entitled under the will of his father the late Earl of Bal carras. The present suit had for its object the administra tion of the late Earl's estate. The objection which it was intended to make to this motion, as it appeared from the answer of Lord Balcarras, was of this extraordinary de scription :—His Lordship admitted his brother's title to the annuity, and had actually paid the stock into Court to answer it ; but then his Lordship imputed weakness of in tellect to the plaintiff; and set forth circumstances from which it was to be inferred that the plaintiff was insane for a period of 27 years, without ever suggesting the propriety of a commission of lunacy to ascertain this important fact. The answer submitted that the Court would not be justified in directing the income to be paid to him. The question, therefore, was, whether the plaintiff's acknowledged right was to be intercepted and all his means of support to be cut off by this plea of insanity. Mr. JACOB in opposition to the motion, submitted that whatever might be the effect of the case, as stated, upon' the mind of his Honour, Lord Balcarras must be acquitted of being actuated by any personal interest in his conduct in the question at issue. He could not, by any possibility, derive any benefit from the Court's withholding the an nuity from the plaintiff. The VICE CHANCELLOR-Why 'does Lord Balcarras apply for a commission of lunacy against the plaintiff? Mr. JACOB replied his Lordship was altogether ignorant of his brother's residence. I n A ugus t l as t. h e h a d been removed from Scotland, and where he had been kept since that period was only known to his legal advisers. The de fendant's solicitor had written several letters to obtain in formation on the subject, but had not been favoured with any satisfactory answer. Mr. KNIGHT instantly observed that was a wretched subterfuge to avoid the issuing of any commission of lunacy. The VICE-CHANCELLOR observed that, admitting the Court had jurisdiction to give or withhold the money, a much more serious question presented itself ; if the money was refused, how was the plaintiff to exist in the mean time ? It seemed he had nothing in the world beside to live upon, and his relatives did not seem disposed to notice him, much less to provide for him. Mr. KNIGHT assured the Court this small annuity was all the plaintiff had in the world to procure him food and clothes. This it was now sought to withhold. Such was the way an Earl had thought proper to treat his own brother. The VICE-CHANCELLOR remarked there was an incon sistency in the conduct of Lord Balcarras which it was im possible for him to reconcile. He (the Vice-Chancellor) could not understand how it was he now objected to suing out a commisAion for the protection of his alleged insane brother, on the pretence that he could not discover his present place of abode, when his Lordship must have known where he had been residing for the last 20 years, and under what circumstances. His HONOUR inquired whether the plaintiff had any other brothers? Mr. WRIGHT said the plaintiff had several relatives, none of whom took the least notice of him. The VICE-CHANCELLOR gave judgment without calling for a reply, and could not but suppose a great deal more than had been disclosed had occurred. On the motives of the parties he had nothing to say. He could only decide upon what appeared before him. It appeared to his Ho nour he had already sufficient security to warrant him in making the order now asked for. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT—HEREFOIZD, Aua. 4. The business of these assizes commenced here yesterday. The calendar is extremely light, and contains no case of the slightest possible interest. There are nine - causes only, four of which are special juries. The business of the Crown Court was finished early this morning, and both Courts have been sitting at -Nisi Prins. HOLLOWAY V. ABEL. This was an action brought to recover compensation in damages for the seduction of the plaintiff's daughter. The plaintiff is a farmer residing at Little Cowarne, in this county, and the defendant is a very young man, the son of a farmer livinc , in the same neighbourhood. The plaintiff had a wife and several children, all of whom lived with him up to March, 1831, at a farm called Poplands. After some time he took another farm called Hopton, and sent his eldest son, John Holloway, with his daughter Mary, to manage it for him. Mary, after some time, married a Mr. Milton, and then Margaret, the subject of this action, went to reside with her brother John, to take her sister's place, and to assist in the management of the farm. John Holloway had been acquainted with the defendant for some years ; an intimacy was formed between the defendant and Margaret, and the defendant made her an offer of marriage, which was accepted by her. Their union was put off from time to time, on ac count of the defendant's youth, and on the ground, as he al leged, that his family did not for that reason approve of his marriage. A coolness arose in consequence of some trifling disagreement, and the intimacy was broken off, but after some time it was renewed. The defendant became more and more urgent, and apparently more sincere in his pro fessions. He gained possession of her person. She be came pregnant by him. She informed him of her situation, and he still promised her marriage, but he did not keep his promise, and ultimately ceased to visit her. She was at length delivered of twins.. . The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 201. MARGARET HOLLOWAY V. SAME. This was an action brought by the young woman, the subject of the last case, to recover compensation in da mages for the breach of promise of marriage. On the part of the plaintiff the promise was clearly proved, but on the part of the defendant an attempt was made to show that at the time when the promise was alleged to have been made the defendant was a minor, and was therefore not liable ; but this attempt, like that made in the last•case, failed ; and the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,2oo/. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.--CARLISLII, Aug. 3. DOE DEM. PERRY V. NEWTON AND WIPE. The plaintiff in this case claimed as heir-at-law to one John Brockbank, who died possessed of certain lands in the parish of Whiteham, in which he had resided for many years, at a place called Wore Pepin. The defendants claimed as devisees under his will. The sole question in the cause was the authenticity of the will produced. The plaintiff is a cousin, and of the age of 76 y ears . The Jury brought in a verdict for th e d e f en d an t s , t h ere by establishing the validity of the will. The trial occupied nearly twelve hours. --- NEW CATHOLIC CHAPEL.---It will be seen from an advertisement in this day's paper, that this splendid edifice is to be opened on Sunday week. The admission is to be by tickets. The service will commence at eleven o'clock fore noon ; when a Pontifical mass will be celebrated by the Right Rev. Dr. Murdoch, from Glasgow, assisted by the Rev. Messrs. Gillis and Keenan, from Edinburgh. The sermon in the forenoon will be preached by the Rev. Mr. Gillis, and in the afternoon by the Rev. Mr. Keenan. Arrangements are in progress which will rende.• the music highly creditable to the occasion. A number of choristers from Edinburgh and other parts are to join in the melody. We understand that the choir are in course of training for the purpose of having Vespers, or the evening ser.rice, sung on the afternoons of every Sunday, accompanied by the organ. —Dundee Chronicle. A rich .old maiden lady, named Hubv, lately died at Barlby, near Selby, leaving 150 legacies, and a request that her funeral may proceed across the road at the time the mail is passing, so as to stop it fprogress.--Bath Chronicle. COURT CIRCULAR. Baron Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Lord Advocate of Scotland and Mr. Parrott, M. P., had interviews yesterday with Viscount Melbourne in Down ing -street, and with Lord John Russell at the Home Office. Lord Olenelg left town on Thursday for Tonbridge Wells. Major Macnamara, M. P., bad an interview yesterday with Viscount Melbourne. Mr. Divett, M. P., had an interview with Lord J. Russe yesterday. WINDS OR.-FRIDA Y. His Majesty, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, returned to the Castle on Wednesday evening, escorted by a party of the Life Guards. The Queen and her ladies in waiting rode round the slopes yesterday afternoon. His Majesty took his accustomed carriage airing yesterday, and this morning left the Castle in an open carriage for a drive SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK AUGUST MEETING—TIZURSDdr. Produce Stakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft., for three-yrs old ; colts, Bst 51b. ; fillies, Bst. 21b., 311). allowed, &c. w o miles. 15 Subs. Mr. Skipsey's b. c. The Bard Heseltine 1 Mr. Bowes's b. c. The Cauld Lad of Hilton 2 Mr. Gascoigne's b. f. Thomasina Mr. T. 0. Powlett's b. f. by Partisan 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst. the Bard, 6to 4 agst The Cauld Lad, 3 to 1 agst Mr. Powletts's filly.—The Bard led for the first quarter of a mile, where the running was taken up by Mr. Povvlett's filly, the Bard lying second, The Cauld Lad third, and Mr. Gascoigne's fourth, at a good pace, this order being preserved till within the rails, where The Bard and the Cauld Lad came away together, the former winning by a neck, after a beautiful race. On going to the scales a complaint was made by the Cauld Lad's rider that the Bard's ran against him at a distance, and knocked him out of the ground ; but on the case being investigated by two of the Stewards it was decided in favour of the Bard. Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each for two-yr olds colts, Bst. 51b ; fiillies, eat. 21b. T. Y. C. 21 Subs. Mr. Skipsey's br. c. Slashing Harry . Heseltine 1 Lord Westminster's b. f. Pantaloon, out of Bombasine 2 Mr. Rhodes's br. c. by Voltaire, out of Carlton's dam 3 Mr. Clark's b. c. Sir Hercules The following also started, but were not placed :—Col. Cra dock's br. c. by Voltaire, out of Galena; Mr. Attwood's gr. c. Clints ; Col. Crauford's b. f. by Voltaire, dam by Figaro ; Mr. S. L. Fox's b. c. Diarmid; General Sharpe's.ch. c. Mirza; and Mr. Peck's gr. f. by Falcon, dam by Blacklock. Bettir,7-5 to 4 agst Slashing Harry, 3to 1 agst Colonel Cradock's, and 6to 2 agst the field. The lot made one of the most beautiful starts ever seen, Bombasine being in front to the cross roads, where he had nearly fallen. Slashing Harry on reaching the distance came in front, Sir Hercules, Mr. Rhodes's colt, and Bombasine following close beside him, but Harry, however, went away, and landed a clever winner by a length, the other three being close together and clear of the rest. His Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas for mares. Three miles. General Sharpe's Mvrrha, 5 yrs Nelson 1 Mr. Jaques's ch. f. 3urletta, 4 yrs Mr. Richardson's Lady le Gros, 5 yrs 3 Mr. Welsh's b. f. by Brutandorf... 4 Won by half a length. Sweepstakes of SO soya. each, 10 ft., for three yrs old; colts, Bst. 51b. ; fillies, Bst. 21b. Last mile and a quarter. 17 Subs. Mr. Bowes's The Cauld Lad of Hilton Mr. Peek's Lady Jane 2 Mr. Vansittart's Promise 3 General Sharpe's Sadek Mr. T. Attwood's Theane Mr. Robinson's Lothringer Mr. S. L. Fox's Curioni 7 Won by half a length. The City Member's Plate of 50/. ; three yrs, 6st. lib; four, 7st. 91b ; five, Bst. Mb ; six and aged, Bst. bib. Heats, mile and half. Mr. Lonsdale's Gipsy, 4 yrs Lye 1 5 1 Colonel Thompson's Algiers, 6 yrs 7 1 2 Mr. Bristow's Abercrombie, 3 yrs 8 2 3 Colonel Cradock's Fanny, 6 yrs Mr. M. Hawkes's Narcois, aged 2 1 2 Mr. Field's Durham, 4 yrs Mr. J. Scott's Lydia Languish, 5 yrs Major Yarburgh's b. g. St. Lawrence, 3 yrs 3 dr Mr. Lddison's Theseus, 3 yrs Mr. Stable's gr. c. Hawk's Eye, 3 yrs 5 dr BRIGHTON RACES—YESTERDAY. A Handicap Sweepstakes was walked over for by the Duke of Richmond's Pussy. The first heat of the Ladies' Plate was won by Lord Egremont's Helga beating Mr. Brown's Airy and Captain Gardner's Idiot by a neck. The second heat not over when the coach left. - THURSDAY (CONCLUDED). Sussex Plate.—The last heat was won by Ethilda, after a fine race. Pavis rode the winner. Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, for two yrs old ; colts, Bst. 51b. ; fil lies, Bst. 21b. Last three quarters of a mile. Lord Exeter's Candia Conolly 1 Lord Egremont's f. by Chateau Margaux Mr. Ashe's Theodore . 3 GREAT MARLOW RACES—TIWRsni F. A Silver Cup, value 50 sous., given by Captain M. Martin, 2d Life Guards. Lord Lennox's Fidelio 1 1 Mr. Evans's Chance ... 2 2 The Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each (5 Subs.) was won by Mr. Ray's Forest Lass, beating four others. A Hurdle Race for 20 sovs. each (3 Subs. ), eras won by Mr. Hook, beating is o others. HERTFORD RACES—THunsper. Match, 100. Two miles.--Mr. Arnold's Lady Albert, 4 yrs, Bst. lib. (Hornsby), beat Mr Balchin's Guitar, 3 yrs, 7st. The first was a dead heat ; they ran again, same distance and weight, and Lady Albert won by a length. The Ladies' Plate of 50 sovs. ; three yrs old, ist. ; four, Bst. 10Ib ; five, 9st. 41b ; six and aged, 9st. 81b ; maiden horses al lowed Mb. Heats, mile and a half. Mr. Smith's br. n. Eagle, 6 yrs G. Edwards 1 1 Mr. Lambden's b. g. Ilevealer, aged 0 2 Mr. Tilbrook's Emilius, 3 yrs Mr. Byrne's b. h. Mozart, 4 yrs Mr. Pettit's b. c. Menas, 3 yrs... Mr. Wickham's Nashenden, 4 yrs Mr. H. T. Mason's The Duchess, 3 yrs The Cup Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added from the Fund; three yrs old, 7st. 21b; four, Bst. 51b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st. 41b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 250 sovs., 84c. Twice round and a distance. 7 Subs. Mr. Wickham's b. h. Pincher, 5 yrs Thompson 1 Mr. Smith's Ruinous, 4 yrs Mr. Crommelin's b. n. Zitella, 5 yrq 3 Mr. Lambden's Reveale r , age d Won by a neck. The Manor Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 25 added ; three yrs old, 7st. 41b ; four, Bst. 61b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st. 41b • mares and geldings allowed 31b. He a t s , once roun d an d a distance. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs., if demanded. Mr. Balshin's Levity, 5 yrs ... Crouch 0 1 1 Mr. Bishop's b. in. Jenny Wren, 6 yrs 0 0 '2 Mr. King's Swallow, 3 yrs Mr. W. Scott's ch. c. Caledonian, 6 yrs Mr. Molyneux's br. f. by Dunsinane, 3 yrs 3 0 4 Mr. Arnold's Lady Albert, 4 yrs 2 0 dr Won by a length. The Farmers' Cup, for horses the property of Farmers residing within the County holding 100 acres of land ; 12st. each Heats, once round and a distance. The winner to give 5 sovs. to the Fund. Mr. Toulmin's Warwick, aged Mr. 11. White 1 1 Mr. Nightingale's Lewes Lass, aged. Mr. Anthony's Unknown, 6 yrs . . The Pansanger Stakes for beaten horses. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs. Weights and conditions as for the Manor Stakes. Mr. Byrne's Mozart .... . ......... F. Buckle 2 .2 1 1 Mr. Tilbrook's b. f. by limilius 4 1 2 2 Mr. Bird's b. c. Cornet, 4 yrs Mr. R. Thomas's b. c. The Borough, 3 yrs 3 4 dr Mr. Bishop's Jenny Wren 0 dr The racing this day was superior to any ever seen in one day, the company numerous, and every thing conducted in the most liberal and judicious spirit. SALISBURY RACES—TITURSaI r. The Wiltshire Stakes of :25 sovs. each, 15 ft., &c. 23 Subs., 17 of whom declared. Mr. Herbert's Carnaby Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with the City Bowl and a Purse added. Two miles. Mr. Hall's Prodigal, 3 yrs, Est. 121 b Crickmere 1 Mr. Herbert's Burlington, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b Mr. Chamberlayne's Prima Donna, 6 yrs, Bst. 91b 3 A Hunter's Stakes of 5 sovs. each, h. ft., with 25 added. Heats, two miles. 7 Subs. Mr. D. Radcliffe's Lady Emily, 6 yrs... Owner 4 1 1 Mr. Codrington's Victoria, 3 yrs (h. b.) Mr. W. Sadler's The Curate, aged 3 2 dr Lord Waterford's Miss Chance The City Members' Plate of 50 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Two miles. 4 Subs. Mr. Finch's Outcast, 4 yrs, Bst. Glb. Edwards 1 Sir F. Collier's Lieutenant, 3 yrs, 6st. 121 b 2 Mr. Tobin's Tauntonian, 4 yrs, t,st. 61b 3 His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. Heats, two miles Mr. J. Day s The D rummer , 3 yrs ... S. Day 1 1 Mr. French's Oberon, 3 yrs Mr. Radcliffe's Martinet, 3 yrs Mr. Foster's Combat, 3 yrs WORCESTER RAGES—TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, and 10 added, for horses not thorough bred. Heats, two miles. 5 Subs. Captain Lamb's Jack, 4 yrs Saunders, jun 1 1 Mr. Reeves's Rufus, 6 vrs WEDNESDAY. Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 2.5 added. Heats, mile and quarter. Mr. Recves'u Rustic, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b ...Darling 3 1 1 Mr. Smythe's Schoolmaster, 5 yrs, Bst. 101 b... 1 2 2 Mr. Lowe's Seventy-four, 3 yrs, 6st. 121 b 2 3 dr (These Races were run after the post left each day.) • 0 TV TH PARK RACES—TVEDIvEsnAr. The Tradesmen% Cup, 15 sovs., 10 ft. Second to save his stake. Heats, one mile and three quarters. Lord Milltown's Argirio Mr. A. M'Donough 1 1 Mr. Oshorne's Delirium, 5 yrs Lord Howth' s R emnant 2 3 The Mulgrave Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 40 added. Lord Howth's Emu, 4 yrs Owner 1 1 Mr. French's Charley .................................... 2 2 Mr. Knox's Zora, 4 y rs 3 3 Mr. Gord on ' s B ar k ston .............. . Match, 100.—C apta i n Vaughan ' s br. h. b ea t C a ptain lams , s A. D. C. The Scurry Stakes were won in four heats by Mr. Knaresbo rough's Gaffer Grey beating four others. GRAND MATCH AT CRICKET. Hampton Court exhibited a scene of unusual bustle and gaiety on Wednesday last, in consequence of the sharp con test that then took place between thirteen amateur players, selected by Mr. Hedge, the noted bowler of Mile-end, and the same number chosen by Mr. Banks, of the Old Canter bury Club, The match, through previous announcement, had attracted considerable notice, and in consequence of the known celebrity of many of the parties, it had been arranged that the game should be finally played out. The cricketers were, in pursuance, early in their attendance at Hampton Court, and play commenced soon after their arrival. Mr. Banks's side went in first, and after some smart bitting, made their score 79 and 96, forming a total of 75. Mr. Hodge's pt.rty fol lowed in succession, and notwithstanding they Made every ex ertion to obtain the majority of runs ( Mi. H. never losing his hat at all the first hands), still they were unable to do so, and although they obtained 93 in their first hands, they scored only 59 in their second, and were finally left in a minority of 23. The batting of Messrs. Wilde, Wareham, Hodge, Thompson, Long, Redford, Banks and Strutt, was deter minedly resolute in their respective turns. The following are the particulars as taken from the scorers' minutes, and will fully explain the nature of the play : MR. BANKS'S SIDE. FIRST INNINGS. SECOND INNINGS. Mr. Wilde bowled by Hodge 2 bowled by Ward 2 5 Back ... ...... bowled by Ward Wareham ... caught by H0dge...... 31 boWled by Ward 21 Banks Strutt ...... ... bowled by Ward ...... 10 caught by Thompsori 6 G. Long bowled by Burn Kempen caught by Martin ... 0 run out A. Long ... caught by Hodge 8 caught by Burn 3 Fuller bowled by Burn Sainsbury ... bowled by Burn Taylor Mahew Marshall ... stumped by Martin ... 0 not out Day not out 0 run out Byes 79 SG MR. HODGE'S SIDE. FIRST INNINGS. .SECOND INNINGS. Mr. Morrice ... run out Ward bowled by Wareham 0 bowled by Wilde ... 3 Burn bowled by Wilde ... 8 run out Martin bowled by Wilde ... 0 bowled by Wareham 2 Daplyn: bowled by Wareham 9 caught by ditto 3 Hodge Redford ... ... caught by Sainsbury 3 bowled by Warehaml3 Thompson ... bowled by Wilde Farrant caught by Long 0 not out Byers Kesby ... Rowland White ... ...... bow led by Wareham 3 caught by Back 0 Phillips Byes 1 We cannot omit to notice, that in the midst of the play an attempt at interruption took place on behalf of a Mr. Turner, one of his Majesty's butchers, who sent a parish constable to drive the players off the sward, on the alleged ground that the Court-green, although public property, had, some how or other, been made subservient to his caprice, because the Managers of the Crown Lands had permitted his sheep to graze thereon. However, the inhabitants and players very spiritedly resisted this presumed infringement of their rights, and the game ultimately went on. It is a great pity that busy and mAddlesorne persons should bring their superiors into dis repute, and themselves very justly into contempt, by the adop tion of conduct as illiberal as it would have been unjust--even if it could have been enforced in the way attempted. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET,' Auc, 3, 1836. The King has been pleased to appoint John Austin, Esq., to be his Majesty's Commissioner of Enquiry into the affairs of the Island of Malta. WHITEHALL, Auc. 3. The King has been pleased to nominate the Rev. John Hobart Cauntee, 8.D., to St. Paul's Chapel, in the parish of St. Maryle bone, in the county of Middl.sex and diocese of London, void by the resignation of the Rev. John Crofts, A.M. WAR-OFFICE, AUGUST 5. 30th Regiment of Foot—Staff-Assistant. Surgeon J. Cockburn to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice J. Bomford, who retires upon half pay, August 5. 35th Foot—Lieut. J. Fordyce to be Captain, by purchase, vice Seton, who retires ; Ensign 0. N: Chatterton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fordyce ; J. F. Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Chatterton; Ensign E. Wheatstone to be Adjutant, vice Paris, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, August 5. 55th Foot—Ensign W. Gibbens, from the half-pay of the 2d Garrison Battalion, to be Ensign, repaying the difference, vice Gibson, appointed to the 41st Re,liment, August 5. 63th Foot--Lieutenant M. D. Taylor from the 80th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant; vice North, who exchanges, August 5. 80th Foot—Lieutenant J. North, from the 68th Regiment of Foot to be Lieutenant, vice Taylor, who exchanges, August 5. Royal African Colonial Corps—W. Snowe, Gent., to be En sign, with out purchase, vice Kerr, whose appointment has not taken place, August 5. HOSPITAL STAFF. Staff-Assistant-Surgeon W. S. M'Creenie, from the half-pay, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Cockburn, appointed to the 30th Regiment of Foot, August 5. WHITEHALL, AUGUST 1, 1836. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Mawdesley, of South port, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraor. dinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. SAMUEL PHILLIPS, grocer, Falmouth. BANKRUPTS. LEWIN FENNER, fancy cabinet-maker, Rawstorne-street, Goswell-street-road, to surrender, August I:2, at eleven, and Sep tember 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee ; Murray, London-street, Fenchurch-street. JEREMIAH ISRAEL NATHANSON, merchant, Bury street, St. Mary Axe, Aug. 18, at twelve, and Sept. 16, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, official assignee ; Burt, Aldermanbury. JOHN MORRIS, jun., grocer, Wandsworth, Surrey, Aug. IS, at one, and Sept. 16, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-land, official assignee ; Addis, Queen-street, Westminster. JOHN TOPPING, cattle-dealer, Wigton, Cumberland, Aug. 22, and Sept. 16, at eleven, at the Crown and Mitre Inn, Car lisle. Mounsev and Gray, Staple Inn ; Etvart, JOHN BARKER, Sudbury, Suffolk, grocer, Aug. 13 and Sept. 16, at twelve, at the Six Bells Inn, Bury St. Edmunds. Ransom and Tiffin, Sudbury ; Dixon and Sons, New Boswell-court, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. LEWIS AUGUSTUS BENNETT, merchant, Crutched Friars, Aug. 16, at two, and Sept. 6, at half-past eleven. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Vandcrcom, Comyn, Cree, and Law, Bush-lane, Cannon-stroet. JOSEPH PARSONS, grocer, Brill, Buckinghamshire, Aug. 8, at two, and Sept. 16, at ten, at the Roebuck Inn, Oxford. Litchfield and Ovven, Chancery-lane, London ; Lee, Ducklington, near Witney, Oxon. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. L. Mortimer, linen draper, St. Thomas the Apostle, near Exeter, Aug. 29, at ten. In the Country. J. W. Hemmick, Liverpool, Aug. 29, at twelve, the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool—S. Thompson. clockmaker, Darlington, Dur ham, Ang. 29, at twelve, at the King's Head, Darlington—C. Morrell and I. Borland, merchants, Liverpool, Sept. 1, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool—J. Guardner, needle manu facturer, Redditch, Woicestershire, Sept. 2, at twelve, at the office of Mr. 0. Cheek, Evesham—J. Dadd, ~ 2 rocer, Margate, Kent, Aug. 29, at twelve, at the London Hotel, Margate—J. Symmons, draper, Haverfordwest, Aug. 25, at ten, at the Castle Inn, Haverfordwest—W. Hand, coal merchant, Mollcston, Pem brokshire, Aug. 25, at two, at the Castle Inn, Haverfordwest—R. Todd, livery stable keeper, Bath, Sept. 9, at eleven, at the Lamb Inn, Bath—F. H. Worth, coachbuilder, Shrewsbury, Aug. 30, at twelve, at the Temporary Shire Hall, Shrewsbury—T. Pyke, corn merchant, Liverpool, Aug. 30, at three, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool—J. Mottershead, shipwright, Liverpool, Sept. 12, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES—Auc. 2(i. J. TaNlor, dealer in pictures, Pall-mall—J. H. Joyce, auc tioneer, 'High -street, Bloomsbury— l T. Browett, tin plate worker, Northampton—T. Richardson, coal merchant, Norwich—C. P. Henderson, merchant, Manchester. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Dyer and W. Kimber, mealmen, Burton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire—J. G. Ball and B. Thomas, attorneys, Minchin hampton, Gloucestershire—J. Holderneis and 'W. Holden, woollen drapers, Kingston-upon-Hull—P. Wilcocks and J. Mason, slate dealers, Exeter—J. and W. Rapley, jewellers, Northampton street, Clerkenwell—W. Blandv and Co., timber merchants —T. Christie and Co.; chemists--. 11. and J. Myers jewellers, Win chester, Southampton—F. Reynolds and Co., Liverpool (as far as regards P. Witherby)—T. Wilson and J. Brown, iron founders, Sheffield Park—J. Hudson and A. Green, engravers to calico printers, Dickinson-street, Manchester—T. and W. Clarice, iron mongers, Liverpool—C. Bowes and W. Haley, hat mannfactu turers, Leeds—C. S. Toswill and C. Bailey, druggists. Garlick hill—W. and J. M. Taylor,soda water man ufacturers, East-lane, Walworth—J. and T. Purdue, druggists, Hungerford, Berkshire-- W. T. llawke and E. G. Martin, surgeon', Bideford, Devonshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES HOLMS, jun. and Co , ma nufacturers, P Aug. Aug. 8 and 9 and 25, at one, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. - aisley ' JAMES WILSON, general merchant, Edinburgh, 22, at three, atJ3rown's Tavern, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh. THOMAS KERR and Co., wholesale stationers, Edinburgh, Aug. 10 and 26, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. FERGUS ARMSTRONG , innkeeper, Cannobie, Aug. 9 and 30, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Orassmarket, Edinburgh. --- Laporte has j us t concluded, perhaps, th e mos t pro fitable, certainly the most brilliant, season he bss ever had. " I Puritani " wiis succeeded by a more interesting opera, " I Briganti," by Mercadante, the music o f w hi c h i mme di a t e ly found - its way into the concert rooms and the boudoirs of the no bility. By her exquisite d e li neat i on o f " lie vani orna ments," the divine Grisi has, if possible, added to her high reputation—her singing in " Fin the un vesto," was the most e xquisite thing imaginable, and the composition itself must. become as universally popular as Malibran's " Night at Sea." Rubini, Lablazhe, and Tamburini,• to whose good taste the production ef " I Briganti " is owing, sustained their respec tive parts with all their wonted excellence. By . tne professor and the Amateur, this opera will be equally welcomed—the Prayer, the Finale to the first act, and Tamburini's song, arc already the reigning favourites of the fashionable world. We are pleased to find that the English publishers have employed the genius and talent of Herz, Bochsa, Burrowcs, and other able arrangers in the adaptation of Mercadante's score to t h e capabilities of the Pianoforte, the Harp, and the Harp and Pia noforte together. DUNDEE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. --A Com petition Meeting of this society was held yesterday in the Cale donian Hall. The prize articles were flowers, carnations, and picatces, pinks, roses, calceolarias, violets, and herbaceous flowers; fruit :—pears, apples, gooseberries, currants, raspber ries,and strawberries: and vegetables, cauliflower, and carrots ; several show lots of seedling calceolarias. Pinks and violets were also brought forward. Altogether the exhibition was ex cellent, considering the previous unfavourable state of the weather.—Dundee Chronicle. ASSAULT ON MR. FRASER. (Kern a Correspondent.)—l n consequence of the assault committed by the Hon. Grautley Fitzhardinge Berkeley, M.P., on Mr. James Fraser, the publisher of the Magazine, the author of the article which originally gave offence, Dr. Magian, left his card at Berkeley-house. A hostile message was forthwith sent by the Hon. Member, and a meeting was agreed upon for seven o'clock yesterday evening. Mr. Grautley Berkeley was attended by Major Fancourt, M.P., and Dr. Maginn by Mr. Hugh Fraser. The parties met in a field near the Edgeware-road, and after exchanging three shots without effect, Mr. Hugh Fr.lser withdrew his principal ; no explanation or apology having been required or tendered. (From another Correspondent.)—A meeting took place last 'evening between Mr. Grantley Berkeley and Dr. Magian, the writer of the article in Fraser's Maifazine. The parties met in a field off the New Barnet-road, and after exchanging three shots, Dr. Magian was withdrawn from the ground by his second. Mr. G. Berkeley was attended by Major Fancourt, and Dr. Magian by Mr. H. Fraser.—Morning Paper. THE INFLUENCE OF BANKERS ON MODERN SOCIETY. (From the Constitutionnel) A man has just expired who was neither King, minister, nor great captain-- a man whose name was not associated with any dazzling political action, or great military exploits, yet whose death h as b een announced by many cabinet cou riers,—this man, whose death has agitated the Exchanges of Paris, London, Vienna, and Amsterdam, was a banker. Be was undoubtedly a King in banking affairs, and one of the most influential members of that powerful house so well known at Vienna, Frankfort, Paris, London, and Na ples, and who upon terms of Equality treat with crowned heads—we mean one of the Rothschilds. We do not mean to speak individually of the man or of the house, for private biography is not the business of the press, though the object of it rolled in gold. It is to far other titles that contemporaneous commemoration is ac corded. Devotedness to great national works and services rendered to the country alone merit this dazzling homage of public opinion. • Let the Exchange, which was,the most dangerous stage of their actions, grant a funeral oration to high financial personages. We do not by this mean to impute any blame to the great banking-house of which we are speaking, or to deny the . general services it may have rendered ; but these ser vices have not been gratuitous ones, nor ought they to have been so. Let every one have their due—to ability crowned by success, great profit ; and to disinterested devotedness, public gratitude. Since the occasion offers itself, let us examine what is the mission devolved on bankers in modern society, and what part they have acted in the general movement of affairs, as well as what part they have still- to act. This -subject is of great importance, since it touches on all sides the future commercial welfare of Europe, private as well as general interests, and every fact constituting the rich ness and prosperity of a country. War has ❑ow become for Europe an exceptional fact;—a crisis which all have equal interest in shortening. It is not in our days that the philanthropic dream of the Abbe d St. Pierre will be realized ; still there is in the mass an in stinctive reason, which will by degrees penetrate to the superior regions, and will no longer allow war for the sake of war. Questions of material interests can alone cause the collision of nations, as well as law suits between private in dividuals. But the interests which weigh the chances of success, or of defeat, will avoid coming to extremes, and will avoid shedding the blood of the people, who pay the costs of these battles. The normal state of Europe is peace ; peace is the crea- tive industry, the free and vast exchange of merchandise, and the infinite circulation of capital. The instrument of those labours to which human intelligence devotes itself is credit, and credit is represented by the bankers. We see what part is allotted to bankers ; and had the question only a moral side, they might, perhaps, draw back from their mission, for it is not to individual interests that financial men are wont to make sacrifices. Their own interests are tied to that want of civilization which calls them to its aid ; and when, in increasing the wealth of a nation, they likewise increase their own, the bankers may be reckoned upon. Up to the present time the general influence of bankers upon society has been manifested by their financial transac tions with Governments, and their pacific influence must be owned. Fortunately for the human race, it is the in terest of monied men to preserve peace, and in keeping their purse-string:swell drawn they have contributed to pre vent war. If private instead of general interests have guided their conduct, we must at least feel grateful to them for its result. The impulse given by the bankers to the great works be gun in France deserves our notice. We all know the effei t produced upon small capitalists by the mere names of cer tain men distinguished by their abilities and success. Tl-e interest taken by the bankers in the formation of the rid roads at the gates of the capital has been a good and fertile example, thanks to which funds will not be wanting for the execution of the many intended improvements. We own the beneficial social ififluence produced by the bankers at present ; still it is in futurity that their pacific influence on the destinies of mankind will be felt. This is the birth of civilization ; on all sides studious and theoretical men prepare plans which will change the appear ance of the world. All they propose would be impossible to execute, but for the execution of that which is truly use ful as well as practicable, the support of the monied men is necessary. How many plans have been traced to cover Europe with railroads—some upon so vast a scale as to ren der their execution impossible, others upon a more reduced one, but still startling by the immense expense they would entail with them. The credit manifested by the interven tion of the bankers can alone sustain these colossal enter prises. In justice to the houSe of Rothschild, we must con fess, that they have always been disposed to grant their powerful aid to these great works. Let us take our century as it is ; if the action of the monied men has materialized society, let us at least inake,this action produce what it really possesses of use ful. For it to become eternally honourable, and to touch the sympathy as well as the interests, of the people, it has only to elevate itself above the narrow bounds of the counting-house, and to moralize by identifying itself with the high social morality which it is its aim to attain. TIIE LATE MR. ROTHSCHILD.—A letter from Frank fort of July 27, in the Paris papers, says—" On the 27th M. Rothschild made his will. That document, it is said, dis poses of a private fortune of L 0,000,000 of florins (4,280,0001. sterling) left by the opulent banker. A family consultation took place this morning, and it was agreed that the remains of the deceased should not be int erre d at Frankfort, although that city be the birthplace a nd prin cipal scat of the family." PitOPOSED NATIONAL MONUMENT IN LONDON TO NEWTON. —Arc. 4, 1836.—Mr. Steele p resents hi s com pliments to the Editor of The Sun newspaper, and begs to inform him that by a mistake most natio al in the hurry of re porting in consequence of the nature of the subject, the gen tleman who gave to the public the proceedings of the House of Commons in the early part of Monday, described the Chan cellor of the Exchequer as having " presented a petition from . Thomas Steele, pr a yi ng t h at P ar li ament wou ld or d er t h e erection cf a statue to the memory of Newton." Mr. Steele begs to state, that the prayer of his petition is not for " a statue," but for a magnificent " National Monument" to he reared in London over the House end Observatory, of him whose scientific character I..as been most truly described as " THE GLORY OF ENGLAND." The principle of the design was suggested to Steele by viewing the magnificent dome of the great Franciscan Church of Assisi in Italy, which has been reared over the primitive cottage-like chapel of St. Francis, to protect it from the weather, and protract its duration. It is near eleven years since the writer of the petition preseetel on Monday, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, first brought the matter under the consideration of the people of the em pire, by a letter from Cambridge, published in the Times newspaper. Yesterday afternoon a sudden blaze was observed to shoot up in the homestead of the farm of Mrs. M. Carter, at Kensall-green, on the Harrow-road, and se veral engines from the western stations of the London Fire Establishment, with a strong muster of the men, were soon on the spot. A large stack of newly-made hay was found burning fiercely, and cau sing great terror for much other surrounding property. Ob taining from the adjacent canal a good supply of water, the firemen were soon able to combat the flames with advan:age, and ultimately subdued them without their d o i ng any d ann , ge beyond the almost tota l destruction of the stack of hay in which they commenced. The hay was of the present season; and baying bean stacked while too green, had overheated, and thus generated the fire by which it was destroyed. The pro perty is uninsured. The action brought against one of our contempo raries, and tried at Guildford a few days since, is a striking instance of the harassing oppression which the Press is subject to in the elucidation of truth, and, as in this instance, in the exposure of conduct injurious to the best interests of society. Thanks both to the Judges and Jury, this attack upon the free dom and integrity of the Press failed. Had it succeeded, there is not a police report in whirls the much-injured party committed to Newgate might not have sustained his action for damages. Sheridan, walking house• one night, or rather one morning, with some young men, after the party had largely partaken of the bottle, the latter amused themselves with call ing a different hour from that pro claimed ; the watchman ea postulated with them, " Gentlemen, if you go on so, people will not believe me when I call the right hour 1" Upon wide!' Sheridan said, " You are a pretty person to stand upon your veracity ; u MIOVW who is never two hours together in the came story."—Gentleman's Magazine. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1836.